Model comparison

GPT-5-Codex vs Ministral 3B

GPT-5-Codex is the stronger model overall, scoring 37.9 to 26.2 on the Noometry Index. Ministral 3B costs 34× less per token, which makes it the better buy when GPT-5-Codex's lead doesn't matter for your workload.

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GPT-5-Codex OpenAI

37.9

Rank #192 Reported

Ministral 3B Mistral AI

26.2

Rank #338 Confirmed

Summary

  • The widest gap is in reasoning, where GPT-5-Codex leads 30.9 to 18.4.
  • Ministral 3B is cheaper at $0.10 / $0.10 per million input/output tokens, against $1.25 / $10 for GPT-5-Codex.
  • GPT-5-Codex accepts more context: 400K tokens versus 131K.
  • Ministral 3B has downloadable open weights; the other is API-only.

Side by side

GPT-5-Codex and Ministral 3B specifications
GPT-5-CodexMinistral 3B
ProviderOpenAIMistral AI
Noometry Index37.926.2
Released2025-09-152024-10-01
WeightsProprietaryOpen
Context window400K131K
Max output128K262K
Input $ / M tokens$1.25$0.10
Output $ / M tokens$10$0.10
Results tracked36

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Category by category

Coding Not comparable

GPT-5-Codex: 42.4 (#103), Ministral 3B: —

Coding benchmarks
BenchmarkGPT-5-CodexMinistral 3B
WeirdML54.5%—

Agentic & Tool Use Not comparable

GPT-5-Codex: 31.0 (#72), Ministral 3B: —

Agentic & Tool Use benchmarks
BenchmarkGPT-5-CodexMinistral 3B
Terminal-Bench44.3%—

Reasoning GPT-5-Codex leads

GPT-5-Codex: 30.9 (#83), Ministral 3B: 18.4 (#282)

Reasoning benchmarks
BenchmarkGPT-5-CodexMinistral 3B
Kagi LLM Benchmark70.3%—
DTBench—51.7%
LMCA—5.5%
Epoch Capabilities Index—118.1

Math Not comparable

GPT-5-Codex: —, Ministral 3B: 26.6 (#258)

Math benchmarks
BenchmarkGPT-5-CodexMinistral 3B
MATH Level 5—14.4%

Knowledge Not comparable

GPT-5-Codex: —, Ministral 3B: 10.4 (#302)

Knowledge benchmarks
BenchmarkGPT-5-CodexMinistral 3B
GPQA Diamond—25.3%
Vectara Hallucination Rate—7.3%

Frequently asked questions

Is GPT-5-Codex better than Ministral 3B?

GPT-5-Codex is the stronger model overall, scoring 37.9 to 26.2 on the Noometry Index. Ministral 3B costs 34× less per token, which makes it the better buy when GPT-5-Codex's lead doesn't matter for your workload.

Which is cheaper, GPT-5-Codex or Ministral 3B?

Ministral 3B is cheaper. It lists at $0.10 per million input tokens and $0.10 per million output tokens; GPT-5-Codex lists at $1.25 and $10.

Which has the bigger context window?

GPT-5-Codex does, with 400K tokens against 131K.

How many benchmarks do GPT-5-Codex and Ministral 3B share?

0 benchmarks have published results for both models. GPT-5-Codex has 3 scored results on Noometry and Ministral 3B has 6.

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